The Next Moon: The Remarkable True Story of a British Agent Behind the Lines in Wartime France - Hardcover

Hue, Andre; Southby-Tailyour, Ewen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670914789 ISBN 13: 9780670914784

Publisher: Viking, 2004

Synopsis

The extraordinary story of Andre Hue, who at the age of 20 was parachuted into France with the task of coordinating resistance to the Germans in Brittany, tying up German troops so they could not be diverted to fight against the Allied Normandy invasions. He risked immediate death if caught, as did the Breton farmers who hid British and American airmen. For his efforts he was awarded the highest military honours by both the French and British governments. This book, a story of unbelievable courage and brutality, is based on a narrative written by Hue himself immediately after the war but never published. It offers an unforgettable portrait of operations behind the enemy line.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'A thrilling adventure story. You can smell the fields and forests of Brittany and sense the approaching danger of the murderous Cossacks' Sunday Express

Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyze local German troops during the Allied invasion.

Though Hue's mission was fraught with difficulty - he missed his landing site, his secret base camp became the site of a pitch battle and a band of Cossacks tried to hunt him down - he knew that thousands of lives depended on his success or failure . . .

'A first-hand description of the rigours and excitements of being an agent in the field' Sunday Times

'One of the very best accounts of clandestine operations behind enemy lines' Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Andre Hue was born in Swansea of a Welsh mother and French father, and brought up in France. He was recruited by SOE and parachuted into Brittany, where he displayed outstanding bravery for which he was awarded both the DSO and the Croix de Guerre. He was later dropped behind enemy lines in Burma, and after the war joined MI6. He is in his 80s, and lives with his wife in Sussex.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0670914789
• ISBN 13: 9780670914784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352